Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-15

| PROVIDED 1urtner, mat all the expenses
mentioned in this act shall be paid out of
the appropriation hereinafter made. The
trustees hereinafter provided for shall
employ competent ARCHITECT, at Il salary
not exceeding $3.50 per month, to prepare
plans and specifications for the construc-
ton Of said building, and to personally
supervise and direct the erection of the
same; and the trustees are authorized
and empowered to audit the accounts Of
said supervising architect and contractors
and to paY the same by installments as
the work progresses, by draft drawn on
the Treasurer and approved By the Gov
ernOr of this state
| Sec. 8. The house of correction and re-
! formatOry, when completed or ready for
occupancy, shall be placed under the
| supervision, direction and control of
three trustees, to be appointed b. the
Governor, who shall hold their office for
two years, unless sooner removed by The
! Governor for cause; and in case Of vaCan-
cy the Governor shall ELL such vacancy by
appointment. They snail make such spe-
Clal rules and regulations as may be
deemed proper for the same, having in
view the reformation, education and dis
cipliDe as well as the profitable employ
ment Of the inmstes confined IN said
| house Of correction ana ref0rmatory.
They shall prescribe rules for the
liberal Communication of time for good
cOndCCt. They shall see that said inmates
are taught habits OF industry and sObTiety,
some useful trade, and to read and write,
and are also supplied with suitable books.
In connection with said house OF COrreC-
ton and reformBtory there shall be estab-
| lishe1 such mechanical industries as the
board of trustees may deem proper and
advisable, so that the inmates may be
! placed at such work in the discretion o.
| the superintendent; and the trustees shall
| especially provide that the white aud
cOlored inmates shall be kept, worked
and educated separately. Said trus-
tees shall employ all subordinate
! officers, prescribe their duties and fix
their compression. Said trustees shall re-
| side in the vicinity Of said house of cor
rection and ref0rmatory, aud shall each
receive the sum Of $500 per annum, to be
paid quarterly upon sworn accounts ap
/ proved by the Governor, upon which war
rant shall be drawn by the Comptroller
On the Treasurer for the same. Said
| trustees at their first meeting snail elect
q treasurer and secretary from among
their number. They shall keep full and
|
| burSemGnts, as we'll as their official pro-
| ceedings, and make quarterly + ports
thereof 10 The Governor.
| Sec. 4. The Governor as soon as ueCes-
| sary shall appoint q superintendent of
/ said house Of correction and refOrm2tOry,
whose duty it shall be to enforce the
rules and regulations made by said
trustees, and to manage and control the
| inmates thereof under the supervision Of
said trustees, and subject 10 removal by
/ the Governor. The superintendent shall
/ be competent business man and
/ practical farmer Of good moral character
and humane disposition, who shall re
ceiVe g salary of $500 per asInun, to be
paid quarterly oy a warrant drawn by the
/ president Of The board Of trustees OF the
Treasurer and approved Sy the Gov
ernOr He shall also be financial agent, and
shall purchase all material and supplies
and disburse ali moneys that may be aD-
prOpriated therefor; and shall sell ali pro-
ducts raised and all articles manufactured
! by said inmates, and shall deposit the
amounts realized on sale of same in the
! treasury Of the state, and shall take g GER
| tit3ate of deposit therefor from the
/ Treasurer. Before entering upon his
office he shall give bond, with good and
sufficient surUties, payable to the Gov
eynOr and mis- successors in office, in the
sum of $4,000, conditioned for the faith
ful performance OF his duties as superin-
terdent and financial agent, which bond
shall be approved by the Governor ana
deposited with the Secretary of State be-
fore said superintendent shsll enter upon
the duties of his office. He shall be under
the control of said trustees, and shall
hold his office for q term Of two years,
unless sooner removed for failure, neg
lect or refusal to perform his duties.
Sec. 3. The said superintendent shalli
at the end of each month, pay all en-
ployes, and shall also pay off and dis
charge ell expenses incurred in the pur-
chase of supplies and other necessary eX-
penses in the support and maintenance as
well as the conducting Of said house of
correction and reformstory. BE shall
also purchase such necessary work stock,
mich cows and STOCK hogs, farm imple
ments, and also necessary tools for shops
and books for educational purposes, ali
of which amounts shall be duly iyemized,
verified by affidavit, presented to the
board Of trustees, aIld when approved by
said board the president of the board
shall draw his warrant in favor Of said
experimentation the amount, which,
when approved by the Governor, shall be
paid By the Treasurer of the state.
Ih Sec 6. In said house Of correction and
refOrmatOry shall be confined all COnVicts
under the age of sixteen years, who may
be In the peuitentiaries o. this state, and
whose UneXpired term Of prison sentence
may be five years or less, and all the per-
sons under sixteen years of age who shall
hereafter be convicted Of felony in any
court in this state, whose term Of Confne-
ment shall not exceed five years; pro-
kRided, said COnvicts confined in the house
I Of correction aud retormatory shall be
required TO wear such uniform as may be
adopted by the board of trustees; pro-
viGed, no uniform shall be prescribed
similar to that now worn by the cOnvicls
n the panitentiaries. 1t shall be the duty
Of the Governor, upon the recommends
ton Of the board of trustees and sGperin-
tendent Of said house OF correction ard re-
formatory, fer good behavior and exem-
| plary moral conduct during confinement,
to restore to such convicts all their legal
rights at the expiration of their respective
terms of servitude. When said house of
correction and reformatOry is ready to
receive inmates, it shall be the duty of the
| superintendent Of the Penitentiaries of
this state to report to the Governor the
number of c0nvicts in said penitentiRries
under the age of sixteen years, and the
! Governor shall, by his proclamation,
order all such convicts transferred from
the penitentleries to said house Of cor
reCti0n and refCrmetOry, where sucn con-
! virts shall serve ont the remainder Of